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The University of Sydney is strengthening its partnership with the Westmead precinct. The announcement of a $60m investment at Westmead will provide for new education facilities, upgrades to existing spaces, and a suite of new academic programs and initiatives. These facilities and programs will be delivered in partnership with Westmead Hospital, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, and the research institutes at the Westmead precinct.

This investment is the first instalment of the University of Sydney’s commitment to invest $500m into Westmead for infrastructure and programs over the next 20 years. This will see the number of students at the campus quadruple to more than 6,000 students.

This investment in the precinct will enhance the already active interdisciplinary collaborations between healthcare, research and education at Westmead. Patients, clinicians, researchers and other innovators are continuing to build on the culture of innovation and knowledge sharing at Westmead.

The new contemporary, flexible technology-enabled teaching, learning and work spaces will be equivalent to the best in the world. It will also expand the expertise and educational activities available on the precinct to engineering, physics, business management, the social sciences and others.

New Investment

The University of Sydney investment includes $60m for:

A new simulation ward, which provides facilities for educating students in nursing, medicine and allied health, and training staff at Westmead Hospital and The Children’s Hospital at Westmead

5,000m² across two floors of the Westmead Redevelopment’s new acute services building, to become the central location of the University of Sydney’s Westmead Campus

An upgrade and expansion of the current Westmead Education and Conference Centre, within Westmead Hospital, to provide an innovative and versatile learning environment for staff and students

Refurbishment of student facilities, to improve the student experience at Westmead

Westmead Educational Conference Centre (WECC)

The new WECC has created a highly engaging teaching and learning environment for staff and students. It promotes interdisciplinary collaboration and encourage students, researchers and clinicians to exchange ideas. A mix of formal and informal spaces allow for a multitude of teaching and learning approaches. Download the factsheet (published in August 2017).